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Several law firms have made it into the top 75 employers in the Social Mobility Foundation’s employer index

Patrick Allen & Bahareh Amani highlight the importance of championing diversity & inclusion

A Joint Committee on Human Rights report, ‘Black people, racism and human rights’, published this week, has drawn stark conclusions on inequalities in healthcare, criminal justice, immigration and democracy

Five law firms and recruitment firm Rare have launched an initiative to give black and ethnic minority candidates the same opportunities as their white counterparts when competing for roles

The Bar Council has published three guides on race inequality at the Bar, as the legal profession marks Black History Month

The disturbing story of how the law came to support the trans-Atlantic slave trade is told in NLJ this week

Antonia Felix looks at the impact of lockdown on parents’ working lives

Satvinder Juss investigates the shocking legal justifications that were used to excuse slavery

Chris Bushell, President of the LSLA, sees diversity & inclusion as a key priority for the legal profession. But there’s still work to be done

Women should be protected under hate crime laws, the Law Commission has suggested

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Winckworth Sherwood—Tim Foley

Property litigation practice strengthened by partner hire

Kingsley Napley—Romilly Holland

International arbitration team specialist joins the team

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Set creates new client and business development role amid growth

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Land tenure revolution begins

Property lawyers have given a cautious welcome to the government’s landmark Bill capping ground rents at £250, banning new leasehold properties and making it easier for leaseholders to switch to commonhold

Can more courts, fewer juries make a difference?

Four Nightingale courts are to be made permanent, as justice ministers continue to grapple with the record-level Crown Court backlog

Judiciary sets out diversity goals

The judiciary has set itself a trio of objectives and a trio of focus areas for the next five years, in its Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2026-2030

Gauke recommendations on sentencing implemented

The Sentencing Act 2026 received royal assent last week, bringing into law the recommendations of David Gauke’s May 2025 Independent Sentencing Review

Fee abolished for crime victims

Victims of crime are to be given free access to transcripts of Crown Court sentencing remarks, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed

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Equality

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Winckworth Sherwood—Tim Foley

Kingsley Napley—Romilly Holland

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney